DAYTON, Ohio -- The team with the shortest commute to the First Four will meet the team with the second-longest when No. 11 Xavier plays No. 11 Texas Wednesday for the right to advance to the first round in the Midwest Region. The winner of the Wednesday contest will face No. 6 Illinois on Friday in Milwaukee. The Musketeers (21-11), whose campus is less than 50 miles from the University of Dayton Arena, earned an at-large bid after finishing the Big East regular season with a seven-game winning streak before falling, 89-87, to Marquette in the Big East quarterfinals.
SEC superiority gets initial test as Texas faces Xavier in First Four
